Wow! Has activity really changed this much in the 10-12 years I was absent? In the old days with 1.5 kW I was lucky to work a dozen stations in the Sprint and maybe hear a few more. Last night with 9
I will be making the greatest possible effort on 2 meters. I will be on CW and SSB for certain. I may try some MSK144. I can QSY to 6 on request but the big 6 meter antenna is down for refurbishing a
N1BUG - ME - FN55 Single Op HP 6m: 218 QSOs, 95 mult 2m: 39 QSOs, 21 mult Thoughts: Finally operating with high power on 2m again!!! Loving it!!! 6m and 2m amplifiers performed flawlessly. Entire sta
I will be around during the contest, as usual taking advantage of an opportunity to make some otherwise unavailable QSOs, emphasis on 2m. Calling CQ is worse than useless up here (except in January t
I had originally planned only 2 meters this time but since the shared HF / 6 meter feedline is still on 6 meters I will be on both bands. After this contest, no more 6 meters until May. I had hoped t
Band QSOs Grids -- 50: 19 10 144: 38 17 222: 1 1 432: 1 1 Another very slow contest. I operated CW/SSB only. I had constant power line noise on 6 meters and three hours of brutal rain static on both
Wow! Looks like I really missed some fun last night. I saw just one post yesterday to remind me of the Sprint but was so tired I forgot it again. :-( I am pushing my limits to get the UHF tower up an
Actually, FT8 may be the perfect solution to my problem! I wasn't active this contest because I was taking advantage of relatively warm (but still windy) conditions to do some urgently needed tempora
What makes it tough to work MS, besides depending on random meteor shower activity, Is that MSK144 uses only one Audio carrier freq of @1500 Hz( USB). So its designed more for one station at a time t
I plan to be on for at least the first hour or two. Today I fired up all the 2 meter stuff. Seems to be still working. Bit of dust here and there but evidently no spiders in the amp... no big bangs!
Sorry guys. I had good intentions but was too tired and aggravated to care about operating. 73, Paul N1BUG _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@con
One thing I didn't see on your list that always concerns me is LO drift. Drift can be a problem for any weak signal work, say a long haul CW sked during a contest. If you want to do some of the digit
Steve, I may have missed something last time I checked but it looked like DEMI had options to cure drift in that manner for 450 MHz and down, 2.3 GHz and up, but nothing for 903/1296. The ZL2BKC boar
Made only 19 QSOs in 11 grids on 2m. Conditions were variable Saturday but good peaks with signals from FN20/21 running S7 to S9 for several minutes at a time. Activity seemed very low. I listened se
Thanks to everyone for the comments on and off list. I have been busy with survival and am behind on replies. I will wait until after the September contest to make decisions about adding more bands.
Really? I have many hundreds of European stations in my log on 6 meter CW over more than a ten year period without grids. Most of the time the exchange was call sign, RST report, R, 73. This is what
Maybe that's the difference. I believe others would tell the same story. I recall K1TOL running Europeans with grids rarely exchanged - hence he was often trying to track down grids for stations work
I have no dog in this fight, but IMO that's not going to fix it, for two reasons. As others have noted, many are using the JTDX software, which as far as I know doesn't have NA contest mode. After a
Guys, I hate to ask for help again, but I am going to. Lack of decent cable has kept me from getting on 222/432 for 9 months now. I've been looking for two years. Nothing. I've just been offered a bu
I will be haunting 2 meters as usual, 1.5kW 13.8 dBd at 110'. No other bands. It is the first comfortable weather weekend in a long time so I will be splitting my time somewhat between contesting and